Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-11-11

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the appeal of counsel the U. S. Supreme
Court refused to take Jurisdiction OF the
case. Since their imprisonment they
have been posing as martyrs to the cause
of human rights, Or something OF that
sort. and have been quite dramatic in
manufacturing theatrical situations. One
was the refusal to sign petition to the
Governor of Illinois for Communication, in
which matter however, three of them
withdrew, The discovery of six bombs in
the cell Of Lingg last Monday showed that
despairing of their lives, they had deter
mined to make a very characteristic scene
in the prison before their execution.
Since their conviction, as during their
trial, they and their friends have made
persistent efforts to identify their ''cause"
as they call it, with the cause of Labor,
with the cause of Human Progress, and
almost any other cause save that of the
Murder, of which they were convicted. La
Dor promptly repudiated them, and at the
General Assembly of the Knig hts of Labor
in Minneapolis last month, a resolution in
behalf of the murderers was rejected by an
overwhelming majority. Though the reso-
luton expressed no sympathy whatever
with them, but was a mild protest against
capital punishment and in favor of COM
mutation of their sentence. 1t was voted
down by 1872 to 20. But in several of the
great cities of the Union there have been
meetings held by foreigners at which reso-
lutions sympathiziDg with the murderers
and even threatening violence if the law
is carried out, have been adopted
Wherever there has been body OF Amer
leans assembled. of either political party,
the Chicago criminals have been denounc-
ed by their cognomens as murderers, land the
whole sentiment of the country, which is
law abiding, has been in support of the
enforcement of the law. In Virginia that
has been particularly apparent. La the
State Prohibition Convention IN stanton,
when a member in discussion OF the
proposed platform, expressed the hope that
the Chicago murderers would be hung
there was loud and general applause. At
d Democratic mass meeting last week az
the capital of Virginia, when Senator
Daniel expressed the sentiment that if a
man attempted to ''apply to Richmond
such bloody, vlllalnous scheme as the
anarchists did IN Chicago he would be
willing to 90 with mob and hang him to
lamp post, the sentiment was greeted
with loud cheers. And at Republican
mass meeting in the same city last week,
when John s. Wise said Nov let every
man here who thinks the Chicago anarch-
lists ought to be hung say Aye" there
Was one tremendous shout of Aye
To days business at Chicago, whether it
be the hanging of seven murderers, or their
imprisonment for life, and especially if the
former, will let some light in on Ameri-
can institutions for the benefit of the
world. 1t will be message to it and par
ticularly to the ''civilized" or European
portion of 1t, that America has bsen found
ed, built up, fought for, and made great
by a law abiding people. That here We
do not recognize any class or rank among
men, and that every man who comes
here must take his place in the line and
win his way to all the rich opportunities
the country holds, by bis own work, and
not by bombs and revolvers. That riches,
the highest honors. and power are in reach
IF every man. Whe her be starts from a
rail splitter, like Lincoln, COW path
mule driver like Garfield, or the boy who
swept out lawyers offices like Cleveland
and that honors and riches are reached
by but one path in America, that of obe-
dlence to the laws. That America is no
new and crude soil to which European
adventures may come and SOW the seeds
of anarchy and violence, but country
whose civilization is complete and who
has the nerve to execute its laws. -Ame-
ricaees message to the oppressed of Europe
of whatever nation, is:-to the Industrious
and law abiding home, protection, COM
fort and happiness-to the idle and VIC
lent. want, the penitentiary and the gal
lows. Americans made this country, they
mold this country, they have paid millions
Of lives and treasure for this government,
and they are determined that American
ideas shall rule it.